South Yorkshire mayor Oliver Coppard has said a bus company in the region going bust shows that the whole public transport system 'is broken'.
Powell's Bus, which operates around 26 services in South Yorkshire, the majority in Sheffield and Rotherham, has announced it will cease operations by August 8. Stagecoach Yorkshire has already said it will come in and replace some of the services affected.
Mr Coppard said Powell's had received financial support from South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority and the announcement was 'another blow' at a time when 'operators are already failing to provide passengers with the services they need'. The South Yorkshire mayor added the system at present allows operators to 'simply walk away' leaving the taxpayer to step and prop up services.
